William Hepburn Armstrong

William Hepburn Armstrong

William Hepburn Armstrong (born September 7, 1824 in Williamsport , Pennsylvania , †  May 14, 1919 in Wilmington , Delaware ) was an American politician . Between 1869 and 1871 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Armstrong attended the public schools of his home country and then Princeton College until 1847 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer, he began to work in Williamsport in this profession. Politically, he joined the Republican Party . He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1860 and 1861 . In 1862 he turned down the offered post of presiding judge in the 26th judicial district of his state.

In the congressional election of 1868 Armstrong was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 18th  electoral district of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Stephen Fowler Wilson on March 4, 1869 . Since he was not confirmed in 1870, he could only serve one term in Congress until March 3, 1871 .

President Ulysses S. Grant offered him the post of Indian commissioner after his time as a congressman, but Armstrong refused. Between 1882 and 1885 he was instead a railway commissioner. Otherwise he practiced as a lawyer in Washington and Philadelphia until 1898 ; then he retired. He moved to Wilmington, Delaware, where he died on May 14, 1919 at the age of 94.

Web links

• William Hepburn Armstrong in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• William Hepburn Armstrong in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Stephen Fowler Wilson	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (18th electoral district) March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1871	Henry Sherwood